by Suzanne Ward | Jun 2, 2021 | News
Ethiopia celebrates important holidays on days different from the United States because they use the Gregorian calendar. One example is our friends and family in Ethiopia celebrated Easter (Fasika) last month on May 2nd. Everyone at the AJ Home pitched in to prepare...
by Suzanne Ward | Apr 19, 2020 | News
Wishing all of our Ethiopian friends and family a Happy Easter!
by Suzanne Ward | Apr 29, 2019 | News
Today is Easter in Ethiopia and is celebrated with family, friends and lots of food as most of the country will be breaking a fast that they have been observing for the past 55 days. We want to wish all our Ethiopian family and friends a joyous Easter, and we...
by Suzanne Ward | Mar 7, 2019 | News
Today marks the beginning of Lent for us here in the US while Ethiopians have been observing Hudade since March 4. Hudade is known as the “Great Fast,” or Lent (Hūdădæ – ሑዳዴ.) Abíy Tẓ’ōm, means a period of fasting when the faithful undergo a rigorous...
by Suzanne Ward | Apr 8, 2018 | News
Today is Easter in Ethiopia and it is a day filled with family and friends. Starting last night on Saturday evening, families attended church together to worship and pray into the wee hours of the morning. They left from the church and traveled to the family home and...
